lifeaftr | April Intro: Better Get to Digging

INTRO LOG: APRIL

Who: New arrivals, and you!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: April 4th and onward
Where: Cahypdo
Warnings: Mark as needed!

Waking up to the gentle proddings of what appears to be very curious, sentient trees isn't the worst wake up call LifeAftr has to offer. For our newest arrivals, however, it may be a tad…odd.

Situated in the valley between two mountains, Elower is a scenic village filled with the friendly Roaka, tree-like beings that are rather peaceable and happy to assist those who have just arrived. I'’s a peaceful location for one to start their adventures - though, unfortunately, it doesn't stay peaceful for long.

Cahypdo: You'll Bury Me Low
Those who have explored the new island of Cahypdo in the last month will undoubtedly recall the series of quakes that shook the island throughout March. With the arrival of LifeAftr's newest adventurers comes Cahypdo's largest tremor to date, striking without warning and more than enough force to throw even the steadiest and sturdiest of your number to the ground. With a low rumble, the mountains heaped on either side of the island will start to shed an abundance of slag and debris, pouring down their slopes. Anyone who's scaling those peaks risks being flung bodily off them when the outpouring of shale comes roaring down those mountains, and anyone at the mountain bases risks being crushed beneath.

As one might expect, unsuspecting newcomers aren't all that have been shaken up. Though protected by netting and retaining walls, the cliffs around and above the village of Elower can only take so much pressure before giving way - a threshold that has been crossed entirely. With a sound like thunder, rocks fall.

Everyone dies?

Only if you don't act quickly. Roaka housing is sturdy in build, enough to protect a decidedly less sturdy body from all but the heaviest of boulders. Hiding inside any of their village constructs built into the sides of the mountains will certainly save you from taking a new weight onto your shoulders. They will not, however, save you from being buried alive.

For those who become trapped inside any of those abodes, your options appear limited. Work to free yourself, or wait for help to arrive. Though, speaking of help, those outside may think to offer the Roaka a helping hand in getting their trapped people - and yours, at that - a few breaths of fresh air.

Before you suffocate.

Cahypdo: Stay Acting Brave
Such seismic activity will also stir up the local wildlife, of course. Those unfortunate enough to come across them will recognize the restless shark-dragon hybrids, hydrac, now prowling across the shorelines, while the wickedly fanged wabbits will also be far more frequent, traveling in larger numbers in the jungle and at the bases of the mountains. Taking care to avoid them would be wise - though another creature may make that venture much more difficult.

Lorbies have been unlocked in the bestiary!

A strange mix between owl and serpent, the recent quake has clearly startled these usually reclusive creatures into the open. Alone, a lorby is a rather skittish animal, prone to hiding from most perceived threats. Useless for food due to the toxicity of their flesh, lorbies do have the potential to be tamed...but this comes with its own risks.

A lorby may be prone to flight rather than fight when encountered solo, but in groups, these feathery critters are far more hostile. A defensive lorby emits a piercing cry alone, but a group is an almost ear-piercing experience, capable of rendering the unfortunate unstable on their feet at best, and unconscious at worst. For the days that follow the severe earthquake that so rocked everyone's foundations, any hope for silence is lost in the infrequent bursts of almighty screeching by colonies of lorbies who have so rudely had their homes overturned and disturbed.

While the lorby is omnivorous, it may not think to take a bite at anything so much larger than them. That doesn't mean that conflict with these fluffy creatures won't attract something much more willing to take advantage of the fact that you may or may not have been reduced to a prone sack of meat. If something else does arrive, you best hope that it's a friendly face.

If you're interested in keeping a lorby for your own, bear LifeAftr's companion limit in mind - two per character, and no more. The lorby is omnivorous and can survive off of most odds and ends: insects, fruits, berries, critters it can dig up in the sand, and more. However, the process of trying to tame a lorby is not always successful. We recommend use of a d10, with the following guidelines:

Rolling a 10: Critical success! This lorby will love and adore you, and may even feel comfortable enough to drape itself along your neck like a beautiful, furry scarf, churring softly all the way.
Rolling 7-9: This lorby will prove high-strung and timid, even if safely befriended, and will take several weeks to warm up to you. But once it does, it's yours!
Rolling 2-6: Failure. The lorby enters a state of distress and starts screaming. Hope you brought earplugs, or you'll be snoozing for several long hours for your efforts.
Rolling a 1: Critical failure. Not only does the lorby start screaming, but its panic attracts a colony of its friends, and they all start screaming too.

Bear in mind that these are only guidelines; you are free to predetermine successes or failures as you'd like, presuming your character can sustain the companion! Our discord channel has a room for dice-rolls, if you prefer.

All new arrivals will awake with knapsacks, their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can all be found in your acceptance notices!

As a final note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme, bear in mind that those threads, if all parties involved would like, can be game canon in the form of dream-like memories involving a place very much like this one, though the layout is considerably different.

Feeling a tad adrift? Make sure to check the Locations Page, which has details regarding the starting areas and a handy map for those who feel better with a bird's eye view!

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Really? So you're just going to leave it here after taking all this time to feed it?

[show. him. where. he. asked.]

Perhaps.

Only a "perhaps" this time? It almost sounds as though you're growing fond of it~!

And how is this any of your business in the first place...?

[...He says while offering this thing more fruit because it keeps looking at you funny and we do not need screaming right now, this close.]

[...that thing is gonna be so fat if you actually keep it.]

It would be rude of me not to stop by and say hi, ja?

[oh my god leave it alone]

And when has rudeness stopped you from doing anything?

Oh dear, you've got me there~!

[oh my god.]

Would you care for me to leave you and your new friend to it, then?

It isn't-

[...He hates you so much.]

...Do as you will. I hardly care either way.

Ja, of course. Perhaps I'll stay and watch for just a little bit longer!

[Maybe he'll even stop insisting that you like your dumb fursnake! Maybe.]

[Yes, well, he's just going to be over here making sure the shitty thing doesn't bite him. Or look like it's going to start screaming. It's sticking fairly close to him for now, either way.]

What brings you out here, anyway? I would think you would avoid the yelling these things have been doing.

I was curious to see what was doing all the yelling, actually! I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't this.

[They're so dumb, they're wonderful.]

I've been keeping away from the larger colonies of them - even from a distance, I'm fairly positive that the noise they make is the exact sound one hears as they descend into hell.

It certainly does sound that way, ja? What a dreadful noise...

[so naturally he sounds really damn amused...]

Everything about these things is hideous.

[...Never mind that the damn thing is kind of coming over and nudging him a bit. Still looks sort of like it thinks it's gonna die, but it's probably seeing if he's got more fruit on him, who knows.

He's just sort of. Tolerating this. Looking at it like he has no idea what to do with it, sure. But tolerating it.]

...You're not going to get any more.

But look at it, milord! Isn't it adorable~?

[It is ridiculous, not adorable, but close enough right???]

It's...

[...making weird chirping noises at him again that may or may not be trying to be words.]

...It's certainly something, I suppose.

Look, it likes you! And here I thought these things weren't going to do anything but scream!

[you've befriended the lorby, congrats!!]

It probably just wants more food.

[oh my god shut up

the worst part about this is apparently going to be the witnesses]

[you're never allowed to have nice things!!]

Probably. If it starts screaming, will you give it more?

Hopefully I won't have to find that out.

[If you make this thing scream on purpose he will kick your ass- ]

[Don't worry, don't worry, he's not here for the screams of the damned, he'll be good!!]

At this rate it might try to follow you home!

[Good, no one has to die today.]

It's going to terribly disappoint itself if it does that.

[...Not like he's doing much to try to discourage it. Or, you know, doing anything at all to try to discourage it.]

Oh, I'm sure it will be.

[Can't wait to see this exact same one living with you in the future!!]

I'll leave you to it, then! I wouldn't want my presence to risk upsetting your little friend here~!

[And with that he'll take his leave! Have fun, Alexei!!]

April Intro: Better Get to Digging

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